Book by Gingrich Newt Forstchen William R Hanser Albert S
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"Masterful storytelling." --William E. Butterworth IV, New York Times bestselling author of The Saboteurs, on Pearl Harbor "Creative, clever, and fascinating." --James Carville on Gettysburg "Compelling narrative force and meticulous detail." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution on Gettysburg "Gingrich and Forstchen write with authority and with sensitivity." --St. Louis Post Dispatch on Gettysburg "Grim, gritty, realistic, accurate, and splendid, this is a soaring epic of triumph over almost unimaginable odds." --Library Journal on To Try Men's Souls "With each book... Gingrich and Forstchen have gone from strength to strength as storytellers." --William Trotter, The Charlotte Observer, on Never Call Retreat "The authors' research shines in accurate accounts of diplomatic maneuvering as well as the nuts-and-bolts of military action." --Publishers Weekly on Pearl Harbor "The writing is vivid and clear." --Washington Times on Gettysburg
June 1864: the Civil War is in its fourth year of bloody conflict with no end in sight. The armies of the North are stalled in ransid trenches, and the re-election of Abraham Lincoln to a second term seems doomed to defeat - a defeat that will set off the call for an end to the conflict, dismembering the Union and continuing slavery. Only one group of volunteers for the Union cause is still eager for battle. Nearly two hundred thousand men of colour have swarmed the recruiting stations and are being mobilized into regiments known as the USCTs, the United States Collared Troops. General Ambrose Burnside, a hard-luck commander, is one of the few generals eager to bring a USCT division into his ranks. He has an ingenious plan to break Fort Pegram, the closest point on the Confederate line defending Petersburg - the last defence of Richmond - by tunnelling forward from the Union position to explode the fort's defences. Burnside needs the USCTs for one desperate rush that just might bring victory. The risks are high. Will Burnside be allowed to proceed or will interference from on high doom his plan to failure? The battleground drama unfolds through the eyes of James Reilly - a friend of Lincoln who has been employed by the president to send back an honest account of the front. In so doing, he befriends an escaped slave and minister of the 28th USCT regiment preparing his comrades for a frontal assault that will either win the war, or result in their annihilation.
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